§ 109. Wing-Commander Hulbertasked the Secretary of State for War the average daily population of military detention barracks at the last convenient date; and how many of these men are serving sentences for desertion.
§ Mr. M. StewartThe average daily population of the military prison, detention barracks and corrective establishment in the United Kingdom during March, 1950, was 887. This number included 227 men sentenced for desertion and 269 for absence. Overseas, the average number of prisoners in February, 1950, was 702. The number of prisoners overseas serving sentences for desertion and absence is not readily available but is considerably smaller than in the United Kingdom.
§ 110. Wing-Commander Hulbertasked the Secretary of State for War the average cost of maintenance of military prisoners in detention barracks.
§ Mr. M. StewartIt is estimated that the average cost of maintaining a prisoner in the United Kingdom is approximately £250 a year. The average cost of maintaining prisoners overseas is not readily available.